The Alotian Club

The Alotian Club

101 Alotian Dr

Roland, AR 72135-9558

United States

Overview

The Alotian Club gives us a hint of what Augusta National would have looked like had Bobby Jones established his dream course on even hillier terrain than Augusta. The first tee shot drops 70 feet to a fairway below with the approach playing back uphill. The tee on the 205-yard par-3 sixth sits 85 feet above the green. The Alotian Club, founded by Warren Stephens, son of former Masters chairman Jackson Stephens, is the first (and still only) course in Arkansas ever to make our list of America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses. The Alotian name comes from the annual golf trips Stephens once took with his buddies. He called it the America’s Lights Out Tour, and participants called themselves The Alotians. In recent years, The Alotian Club has opened its doors to collegiate players—first for the 2019 Palmer Cup and since 2020, annually for the Stephens Cup.

About

Holes 18
Length 7500
Slope 137
Facility Type Private
Year Opened 2004
Designer Fazio Golf Course Designers, Inc.

Awards

100 Greatest
Best Courses in Every State

Ranking history:

100 Greatest: Ranked since 2011.
Highest ranking: No. 14, 2011-'12.
Previous ranking: 38th.
2025-'26 ranking: 37th.

Best in State: Ranked first since 2011.
2025-'26 ranking: 1st.

Golf Digest Logo Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.5

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.6639
Character
8.033
Challenge
7.6532
Layout Variety
7.6166
Fun
7.7225
Aesthetics
8.2006
Conditioning
8.1897

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